PARSONS CORP 10-K

Item 1. Business. Overview Parsons is a leading provider of the integrated solutions and services required in today’s complex security environment and a world of digital transformation. Under our vision to “create the future” of national security and critical infrastructure, we deliver innovative technology-driven solutions to customers worldwide. We are uniquely positioned to leverage the depth of experience and expertise from across the company and the markets in which we operate to bring solutions to our customers’ most challenging problems and critical needs – our One Parsons approach. We have developed significant expertise and differentiated capabilities in key areas of cybersecurity, intelligence, missile defense, C5ISR (Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), space, transportation, water/wastewater, and environmental remediation. By combining our talented team of professionals and advanced technology, we solve complex technical challenges to enable a safer, smarter more secure and more connected world. Since our founding nearly 80 years ago, we have built our reputation and business on our ability to successfully transform while leveraging innovative technologies to meet our customers’ needs and grow our business. Whether our customers need a first-of-a-kind advanced missile development and testing facility, an enterprise boundary defense system that uses artificial intelligence to identify and mitigate zero-day cyberattacks, or an innovative solution to perform end-to-end COVID testing and tracking, we deliver for our customers. We seek to grow by offering our clients differentiated solutions derived from strategic hiring combined with research and development investments, as well as targeted acquisitions of advanced technology companies. We have developed longstanding relationships with customers such as the U.S. military and intelligence agencies and state and local governments and agencies. Our One Parsons approach brings together capabilities and innovations from across markets to provide integrated solutions for our customers. Organizationally, we operate in two reportable segments, Federal Solutions and Critical Infrastructure, with revenue contribution of 52% and 48%, respectively, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) contribution of 53% and 47%, respectively, for fiscal 2021. See "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Segment Results” for further discussion on our segments. Federal Solutions: Our Federal Solutions segment is an advanced technology provider to the U.S. government, delivering timely, cost-effective solutions for mission-critical projects. We provide critical technologies, including cybersecurity; missile defense systems; C5ISR; space launch, ground systems and operations; geospatial intelligence; signals intelligence; nuclear and chemical waste remediation; and engineering services. The U.S. government and its agencies represent substantially all of the revenue of our Federal Solutions segment. These U.S. government agencies include the United States intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Defense, including military services, and Missile Defense Agency, the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Aviation Administration. Critical Infrastructure: Our Critical Infrastructure segment provides integrated design and engineering services for complex physical and digital infrastructure around the globe. We are a technology innovator focused on next generation aviation; rail and transit; bridges, roads and highways; leveraging sensors and data to drive smart sustainable infrastructure. Our capabilities in environmental remediation, water and wastewater treatment systems, and project management allow us to deliver value to our customers by employing advanced technologies, improving timelines and reducing costs while reducing environmental impacts and improving the quality of life. We serve a diverse global customer base including federal, state, municipal and industry customers, and private sector infrastructure owners, such as the transportation authorities for the cities of Los Angeles, New 1 York, and Paris, the state of New Jersey, AMTRAK, CSX, Metrolinx (Ontario, Canada), Riyadh Metro, Dubai Roads and Transportation Authority (Dubai RTA) , and the Abu Dhabi Municipality. Advances in technology and global awareness and focus on sustainability are dramatically shifting the operating landscape across our markets. Governments and companies are grappling with pressing challenges ranging from confronting increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats to upgrading aging infrastructure to reducing environmental footprint and impact. To address these challenges, our customers are seeking smart technology-enabled solutions to enhance and transform their systems performance. Our wide-ranging capabilities enable us to provide our services, products and solutions across the national security and critical infrastructure markets, and we believe we are well positioned to benefit from the trends in these markets. We have capabilities in the following four areas that span our two segments and four business units: Systems Integration: We provide engineering services and technology for large digital and physical systems with high technical complexity. We lead projects from concept development through design, implementation, testing and verification, ensuring interoperability of these complex, disparate systems. Program Management: We provide expertise and technology to advance our customers’ execution of large, complex projects within their defined sustainability, technical, quality, time and cost parameters. Design Engineering: We provide advanced systems and infrastructure engineering design associated with missile systems infrastructure, nuclear waste processing facilities, environmental remediation, long-span bridges, rail and transit systems and other associated infrastructure. Product Development: We develop software and hardware across many domains and mission-specific applications. Our experienced engineers and developers design, develop, integrate, operate and sustain mission-critical software and hardware products for intelligence, defense and infrastructure customers. Our customer relationships, which are based on a long history of successfully delivering complex technical services, are key to our success. We are often involved in the early stages of our customers’ planning and permitting processes, which allows us to efficiently optimize our service delivery model. These relationships, along with our technical expertise and intellectual property, allow us to successfully deliver solutions that meet our customers’ demanding technical and execution requirements and fulfill our corporate purpose of developing a better world. Technology and our people are our most important assets, allowing us to consistently deliver for our customers and help them solve their most pressing challenges. Investment in key technological capabilities is core to our business and helps us to stay at the forefront of the evolving trends across our end markets. To meet the challenges of tomorrow, we are focusing our technology investment on artificial intelligence and machine learning, data processing and analytics, digital transformation, enterprise space ground systems and space operations, and command and control. The work of our diverse and collaborative, highly skilled and dedicated employees has enabled our long track record of continued innovation and execution on behalf of our customers. Our team of engineers, scientists, programmers and other specialists include PhDs and certified hackers and a large number of our skilled workforce hold government security clearances, which provides a competitive advantage for the highly technical and demanding work we perform. In fiscal 2021, we generated revenues of $3.7 billion, net income attributable to Parsons Corporation of $64.1 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $309.7 million. For a definition of Adjusted EBITDA and reconciliation to net income attributable to Parsons Corporation, see Item 6 – Selected Financial Data. We achieved an overall win rate of 56.0% in fiscal 2021, 46.4% in fiscal 2020 and 37.4% in fiscal 2019, which includes strong re-compete win rates that exceeded 97% in 2021 giving us long-term certainty on key contracts. As of December 31, 2021, our total backlog was $8.3 billion, an increase of 3.1% from December 31, 2020, due in part to the acquisition of Black Horse Solutions, Inc. 2 Our Services, Products and Solutions Within each of our segments, we focus our solutions, products and services on the needs of customers in each of our business units. Parsons is differentiated by our people, processes and technology that work together to develop, rapidly prototype and deploy specialized hardware, software and infrastructure solutions to meet continually evolving customer missions and needs. With a culture driven by agility, innovation and collaboration, we deliver operationally proven capabilities in emerging technical areas, including advanced analytics, artificial intelligence/machine learning, cyber tools/platforms/operations, advanced sensing and command and control. We perform systems integration, product development, program management and engineering across our segments and business lines. Federal Solutions Our Federal Solutions business provides engineering services, software and hardware products and integrated solutions. Federal Solutions consists of two business units: Defense & Intelligence (D&I) and Engineered Systems (ES). Our strategy is to deliver information dominance across all domains. • D&I—Our D&I business unit is organized into three related areas: mission solutions, engineering and technical services, and high consequence missions. Our customers include the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. intelligence community, U.S. Cyber Command, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. D&I is a mission partner for differentiated technical solutions, products, and services, delivering innovations in cyber, space, missile defense, multi-domain command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, electromagnetic spectrum dominance, and directed energy. Our solutions are used to meet national security challenges from space to the tactical edge around the globe. • Mission Solutions – We provide software, hardware and technical expertise to clients across a variety of mission areas, including, but not limited to, space, missile systems, and warfighter applications. Our customers include the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), multiple units within the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), including the Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the United States Space Force, the Space Development Agency (SDA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), research laboratories and military services. ▪ We focus on providing small satellite launch and integration, satellite ground systems, fight dynamics, data fusion and analytics, platform system integration, directed energy, joint all-domain operations, and command and control systems. ▪ As an example, we are the prime contractor responsible for the DOD’s small satellite integration efforts through our Launch Manifest Systems Integration program with the U.S. Air Force and have successfully completed four of four launches. ▪ Representative products include our Command and Control Core (C2Core®) mission planning and tasking suite that links requests, effects and operational guidance in a unified database, and our Performance-Enhanced Airborne Reconnaissance Low (PeARL®) family of sensors that provides very high-resolution imagery to support operational requirements. • Engineering and Technical Services – We provide science, engineering, and technical services to a variety of government customers, including missile defense, space and all military service branches. Our customers include the DOD, including 3 military services, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the National Geospatial -I ntelligence Agency (NGA), and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Our solutions include integrated air and missile defense, geospatial intelligence, threat analytics, and space situational awareness . ▪ An example is our role as the prime Technical, Engineering, Advisory and Management Support (TEAMS) Next contractor for the MDA, where we provide engineering, analysis, and management support for the development of integrated and layered missile defense systems that defend U.S. and allied forces against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats, and advance the agency’s integrated air and missile defense, command and control, and battle management and communications missions across all-domain battlespace. ▪ Another example is our work with NGA in providing automated capabilities to analyze, collect and expose geospatial intelligence content from the open-source environment. ▪ Our Parsons’ Universal Modeling and Analysis (PUMA) is our advanced M&S capability, capable of modeling a full-scale joint domain command and control (JADC2) environment from detailed sensor models to adversary weapons platforms, all recreated in a high-fidelity 3D simulation. • High-Consequence Missions – We provide capabilities across the digital landscape, including full-spectrum cyber, information operations, electronic warfare, multi-domain operations, mission support and national to tactical operations. Our customers include the U.S. intelligence community, U.S. Cyber Command, DOD research laboratories, and military cyber services. The acquisition of BlackHorse Solutions allows us to capitalize on quickly evolving Information Operations and converged cyber and electronic warfare missions for national security and DOD customers. ▪ Cyber solutions and products augment and automate full spectrum cyber operations, including our Automated Management Solutions (AMS), a software framework that integrates disparate cyber capabilities, tools and infrastructures into a common system architecture that assists military cyber operators with conducting worldwide military cyber operations. We develop and maintain enterprise platforms used by the DOD to perform network analysis and vulnerability assessments for defensive missions. ▪ Our tools and products are used across a wide variety of electronic warfare operations, including commercial cellular survey, automated signal identification and characterization using Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), signal modeling and simulation used for radio frequency (RF) ranges and test and evaluation centers using our TReX platform, and integrated RF and cyber solutions to deliver effects from long standoff distances. ▪ We conduct vulnerability research and resiliency solutions for existing weapon systems, critical infrastructure and space systems, while supporting the development and integration of next generation electronic warfare capabilities. We also develop analysis and anomaly detection tools for radio frequency and airborne communications. 4 ▪ We develop t ools and tradecraft to conduct Information Operations across the physical and cyber domains, giving customers complete situational awareness for force protection and decision making with the Information Environment . • ES—Our ES business unit focuses on advanced technology services for complex energy and chemical systems, aviation, life sciences and bio-surveillance systems, environmental remediation, security and protection systems, and associated complex infrastructure. Representative customers include the Department of Energy (DOE), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United States Postal Service (USPS), the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Representative offerings include nuclear waste processing and treatment, weapons of mass destruction elimination, munitions destruction, remediation of unexploded ordinances and hazardous, toxic, reactive wastes, architectural and engineering design, program and project management, infectious disease control analytics and data protection. • Our expertise includes designing and implementing first of a kind processing and production facilities, technology deployment in response to pandemic outbreaks, and delivery of solutions addressing resiliency, security and sustainability, as well as delivery of highly complex infrastructure in challenging environments and geographies. • Representative programs include the National Science Foundation’s Antarctica Infrastructure Modernization for Science, the FAA Technical Services Contract, the DOE Salt Waste Processing Facility, the DTRA Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract, and the Radford Army Munition Plant Energetic Waste Incinerator. We completed two acquisitions in 2021 which strengthened the capabilities of our Federal Solutions organization. On July 6, 2021, we acquired Black Horse Solutions, Inc. for $205 million. The strategic acquisition expands Parsons’ capabilities and products in next-generation military, intelligence and space operations, specifically in cyber, electronic warfare and information dominance. BlackHorse Solutions’ technology is shaping the future of information dominance and converged military operations by unifying cyber, electromagnetic warfare, and information operations for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers. BlackHorse Solutions also provides autonomous and distributed detection, identification, exploitation and the defeat of today’s most complex communications. Further, on July 30, 2021, we acquired Echo Ridge, LLC for approximately $9 million. Echo Ridge adds position, navigation, and timing devices; modeling, simulation, test and measurement tools; and deployable software defined radio products and signal processing services to Parsons’ space portfolio. Critical Infrastructure Our Critical Infrastructure business provides planning, engineering, program management, and digital solutions. It is focused on two business lines: Mobility Solutions (MS) and Connected Communities (CC). Our growth strategy includes leveraging our portfolio of sophisticated engineering solutions and technologies for complex physical infrastructure projects. We are expanding our portfolio in key emerging growth areas, including integrated transportation systems, smart mobility, environmental remediation, and water/wastewater treatment. • CC—Our CC business unit includes intelligent transportation systems, energy, environment, aviation, rail and transit, as well as our software house and digital transformation organization. Our customers include state and local governments, smart city developers, and private sector infrastructure owners, such as the transportation authorities for the cities of Los Angeles, New 5 York and Paris, the states or provinces of Georgia, Ontario and Texas and rail and transit entities , including AMTRAK, CSX , Metrolinx (Ontario Canada), and the WMATA. Technology capabilities include AI /ML , cloud, digital twins, cyber, systems integrat ion, intelligent transportation network software, vehicle inspection data analytics software, automated people mover , baggage handling systems and autonomous vehicle integration. • Parsons provides integrated traffic solutions for arterials, smart intersections, airport landside, ports and tolling integrators. An example is our role as provider of Advanced Traffic Management Systems, or ATMS, through our iNET™ platform. Since the first deployment in 2007, iNET® has been delivered to twenty-four state Departments of Transportation, twenty-two cities, eight county agencies, seven toll agencies, and seven different countries. • For aviation, we play a critical role as program manager for global airports. We are the program manager of the environmentally sensitive Diamond Head Extension Program at Honolulu International Airport, the Houston Airport System, and the Landside Access Modernization Program for Los Angeles International Airport. • Our rail and transit capabilities include systems optimization, communications-based train control, rail system design and system assurance. We have more than six decades of experience in this market and have supported over 400 rail and transit customers. Key programs included Edmonton light rail transit (as part of the Marigold Infrastructure Partners consortium) and the Bay Area Rapid Transit Communications-Based Train Control. • Our Energy and Environment group delivers engineering, program management and environmental solutions to private sector industrial clients and public utilities. Customers are diverse and include chemical, energy, utility, communications, manufacturing and provincial agency customers. Our capabilities include environmental remediation, process engineering and program management of capital projects. We have a unique offering in this space, as Parsons understands our customers’ domains and can deliver advanced technology solutions, including cyber-physical security, environmental remediation, geospatial intelligence and 3D image processing, and application of virtual augmented reality. • MS— Our MS business unit provides planning, engineering and management services for complex infrastructure, including bridges and tunnels, roads and highways, water and wastewater, dams and reservoirs. Within our diverse customer base, our customer relationships include states (e.g., Texas, Florida, California, Colorado, Washington, Georgia, Illinois, New York, and New Jersey), cities and Canadian provinces and territories (e.g., Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta), water and wastewater authorities, and Middle East customers (e.g., the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Royal Commission, Riyadh Metro, Dubai RTA, and the Abu Dhabi Municipality). Our capabilities include technologies in long-span bridges, tunnels, building Information modeling, and water/wastewater. • Examples of our design capabilities are our role as the leading designer of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the largest twin tower suspension bridge in the world, lead designer for the Goethals bridge connecting Staten Island, NY, and Elizabeth, NJ, and lead designer for the Federal Way link extension for Sound Transit in Seattle. • For program management, we are part of the Riyadh Metro Transit Consultants responsible for program management of the Riyadh metro system, the largest metro system under development in the world. In addition, we are the program manager for the California Delta Water Conveyance Modernization Project, a multi-billion environmentally 6 compliant water transfer project to improve water supply sustainability and reliability for human and environmental uses. Our Market Opportunities Technology revolution and environmental impact is driving a swift pace of change, resulting in ongoing societal transformation, complicated geopolitical dynamics, a shifting threat landscape and the globalization of commerce. To address this evolving landscape, our customers are actively seeking technology-enabled solutions at the speed of relevancy to upgrade and transform assets and operations. The below trends are key growth drivers in both our Federal Solutions and Critical Infrastructure segments. Defense Spending Remains a Priority of the national agenda due to the reemergence of long-term strategic peer competition, which has been cited in the National Defense Strategy as the primary concern for U.S. national prosperity and security. This reemergence has resulted in increased global disorder and a security environment, defined by rapid technological change, which may be more complex than ever before. We believe the U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence community will continue to invest in cyber, space, C5ISR, and missile defense. Cybersecurity is Mission Critical to U.S. National Security and cybersecurity threats are increasing in volume and sophistication as global connectivity and the rise of social media have led to an explosion in the amount of available and exploitable data. The recent SolarWinds hacking incident is a noteworthy example, and attacks on our critical infrastructure continue to rise. The Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates that threats from hacks, cyber criminals, foreign governments, malicious insiders and corporate espionage have a $600 billion annual global cost impact. The proliferation of mobile devices, smart devices and cloud computing has vastly increased the need for enterprise-wide risk-based cybersecurity programs and governments have become increasingly aware of the need for a proactive approach to the risk of cyber-attacks. We believe that this market will continue to grow in response to the shifting threat landscape and recent high-profile attacks, including SolarWinds. Consistent Need for Actionable Intelligence to Support U.S. Priorities is driving a shifting threat landscape that necessitates a greater need for collaboration and cooperation between intelligence agencies. There is a new demand for joint all-domain command and control systems that are optimized to function cohesively across a spectrum of domains. This in turn drives a need for sophisticated data analytics to aggregate data into useful formats in real-time. To respond, we believe the United States intelligence community and Department of Defense will need continued focus on information sharing and collaboration for improved intelligence accuracy and timeliness encompassing multiple forms of intelligence collection. Global Infrastructure Needs Significant Replacements and Technology-Driven Upgrades . Aging physical infrastructure is strained by the swift pace of technological change combined with heightened new expectations for sustainability and environmental impact. Furthermore, modernized infrastructure is important to recover from unexpected disasters caused by climate change. The United States infrastructure needs exceed $2 trillion according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, for roads, highways, bridges, water/wastewater and other infrastructure needs. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IJJA) has increased funding for roads and highways, bridges, rail and transit, and aviation. Additionally, global infrastructure is aging and there is demand in other regions, including Canada, the Middle East and Europe. Critical infrastructure, specifically transportation infrastructure that is essential to national economic and security concerns including airports, bridges, and rail and transit systems, is particularly vulnerable. We believe that a focus on safety, sustainability and environmental impacts will continue to drive replacement of aging infrastructure with newer, smarter and more sustainable infrastructure with an increased focus on connectivity. Urbanization Creates Demand for Smart Cities with Connected Populations . Cities around the globe increasingly demand new more sustainable capabilities, such as sensor networks and communication strategies to connect streetlights, security cameras and emergency systems, to provide 7 important real-time information and better serve their citizens and reduce carbon emissions . I ntegrated corridor management solutions, intelligent transportation systems, advanced rail systems and updated telecommunication networks will keep cities around the world functioning as smart and sustainable cities and serve as engines for economic growth. Transformation of Legacy Service Delivery Models through Technology and Digital Transformation . Historical capital project management is changing with the introduction of cloud-connected computer-aided design, automation, big data, machine learning and other technologies. The introduction of these new technologies allows industry participants to reimagine existing value chains, address integrated lifecycle objectives, assure human rights are observed in their supply chains, provide environmentally sensitive and sustainable solutions, boost productivity and streamline project management. Industry participants that have the capability to embrace these new technologies to enhance their capability and service offering to higher value solutions will be well positioned to assist governments and communities in their transformation. Change equals opportunity, and Parsons is well-positioned to serve a large array of diverse global customers. Across a broad set of industries, we provide smart and agile solutions that create the future for our national security and critical infrastructure customers as they adapt to the rapid changes of a more interconnected and technology-driven world. Our Competitive Strengths Proven Track Record Our proven track record is a result of our strong performance, the dedication of our employees and our longstanding customer relationships. We focus on being a company that delivers on its promises, holds integrity at the highest level and successfully assists our clients as they execute their most complex missions. Driven by our integrated people, processes and technology approach, we have a reputation for innovation and delivering mission outcomes for our customers’ most important endeavors. Our differentiated business model has driven high win rates with strong book-to-bill, expanded bottom line performance, record backlog levels and low capital requirements. We achieved average award and incentive fees of 93% in fiscal 2021 and average award and incentive fees of 89% in fiscal years 2020 and 2019. Incentive fees are fees earned for achievement of certain performance criteria included in our contracts, such as achievement of target completion dates or target costs, and our incentive fees average is calculated as the actual incentive fees achieved as a percentage of incentive fees expected to be earned in the applicable period. In addition, we achieved a win rate of 55.9% in fiscal 2021, 46.4% in fiscal 2020 and 37.9% in fiscal 2019, for new awards that we bid on (including a win rate on re-compete contracts and task orders in the Federal Solutions segment of 97.2% in fiscal 2021, 85.4% in fiscal 2020 and 84.9% in fiscal 2019). In fiscal 2021, our Federal Solutions revenues decreased 1.2% and our Critical Infrastructure revenues decreased 11.7% year-over-year. As of December 31, 2021, our backlog was $8.3 billion, up 3.1% from year end fiscal 2020. Long-Term Customer Relationships We maintain long-term relationships with key government and commercial customers, many of which span over 40 years. For example, in the Federal Solutions segment, we have been providing support to the MDA for over 30 years with over 1,000 personnel imbedded with the customer. We have provided services to the Department of Energy for over 50 years on a variety of projects, including work on DOE’s Loan Guarantee Program that funds renewable and clean energy projects, and have over 20 years of support with the United States Space Force customers. In the Critical Infrastructure segment, we have supported the WMATA for over 50 years and have served as Program Manager for Yanbu Industrial City for over 43 years. These longstanding relationships give us the insight and customer intimacy to align our research and development investments based on customer needs and enable high win rates for prime contract positions on the most technically demanding assignments. We believe that our position as a recognized leader in integrity, innovation, operational efficiency, safety and security, environmental and health, and our ability to deliver exceptional quality has resulted in a high level of re-compete wins and has driven 8 substantial customer loyalty. Market segments including cybersecurity, missile defense, C5ISR , space systems and connected cities require leading-edge technologies and extensive technical know-how, and necessitate consistently exceptional performance, thus further entrenching us with our key customers and driving our long-term relationships. Technology Innovation To solve the world’s toughest technical challenges, we are committed to delivering the world’s smartest solutions. As innovators, we combine unique technology solutions with deep domain expertise to stay ahead of our competition and our customers’ national security and critical infrastructure needs. Leveraging our vast capability portfolio, we have deployed our technology-enabled solutions in over 30 countries with more than 1,800 customers utilizing our solutions across the federal and critical infrastructure markets. With a rich history and deep domain expertise in market areas such as rail, transit, aviation, environmental remediation, space mission engineering, cyber and C5ISR, we apply advanced solutions that leverage emerging and enabling technologies, such as edge computing, cloud and native platforms, advanced data analytics, cybersecurity, and AI/ML. Leveraging our agile innovation framework and a cadre of seasoned domain experts, solutions architects, and technologists, we seek out customer challenges and lead with innovative solutions to drive growth. Additionally, through our acquisitions, we continue to enhance our overall capability offerings in innovative ways, providing more robust solutions that meet our customers’ most challenging needs. Environmental Sustainability and Resiliency Excellence Delivering a safer, healthier and more connected world means a focus on environmental sustainability, resilience, conservation and lifecycle impacts. For Parsons, sustainability is a core value. We provide services to plan, design and support complex sustainable projects for our customers across the markets we serve, including transportation (aviation, rail and transit, intelligent transportation systems), ports, buildings, environmental remediation, and water/wastewater treatment. With over 233 sustainability accreditations, we deliver resilient infrastructure, green building and renewable energy programs and projects that utilize best industry practices, as well as utilize leading edge technology and tools to provide environmental remediation. We work with customers to achieve and obtain the highest possible ratings within the LEED, Envision, Estidama, and other ratings worldwide. We are proud to work with customers, such as the Indiana Finance Authority, on the first bridge and tunnel project to achieve Envision recognition, and we have obtained LEED certifications of transit and aviation facilities with customers in the United States, United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Scalable and Agile Business Offerings Our scalable and agile offerings enable us to satisfy robust and evolving customer needs. The demanding environments where we operate are characterized by a need for high-confidence solutions, widespread application needs and mission critical outcomes. We pride ourselves on providing agile technologies through inventive and refined processes that provide quality outcomes to our customers on time sensitive projects. Our domain knowledge of our customers’ current and emerging requirements enables us to deliver responsive, high-quality solutions on time. By having the ability to respond to customers’ requirements with global deployment capability, we are well positioned to be a single-source contractor for many of our customers’ needs. Our technologies and platforms are designed to be applicable across end user markets and sub-markets. This approach allows for scalable solutions that can be quickly and seamlessly integrated into multiple customer applications, regardless of geography or industry, allowing us to deploy a given service or platform across multiple markets. World Class Talent Our most important asset is our diverse team of talented employees, nearly 15,500 as of December 31, 2021, whose technical expertise is sought by our clients for their most sophisticated applications and 9 challenges. As an employer of choice, Parsons has won several awards for its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and we provide opportunities for training, upskilling and internal mobility for all employees. Our base of diverse, committed and passionate experts is critical to delivering our leading capabilities. Our employees choose us and stay with us for the opportunity to collaborate with our customers, deploy our expansive technical resources, rapidly bring bold ideas to market and work on leading solutions to enable a better world. Our professionals are highly educated, with a wide range of technical acumen and in-depth domain knowledge and expertise. Our employees hold more than 17,000 degrees and professional credentials, including those with registrations and certifications in technical areas like Agile methodology, Project Management, Engineering, Environmental, Architecture, Technology and Security as of December 31, 2021. Our diverse teams understand our clients and are comprised of technology subject matter experts and professionals with deep knowledge and experience. Our management team has significant experience executing strategies for delivering profitable growth and is recognized for operational excellence and leadership integrity. They possess diverse leadership capabilities in the markets we serve and the solutions and technology we deliver. Demonstrated Ability to Identify and Execute Acquisitions to Transform our Business Strategic acquisitions that augment our technology offerings and capabilities are a key tenet of our growth strategy. We have completed seven strategic acquisitions since 2017, all within our Federal Solutions business segment, which collectively provided us with a wide variety of complementary technology capabilities, with an aggregate purchase price in excess of $1.5 billion. This highlights our ability to successfully identify and execute on attractive opportunities to augment our leading technical offerings. These acquisitions include: • BlackHorse Solutions, Inc.: Acquired July 6, 2021 at a purchase price of $205 million. Black Horse expands Parsons’ capabilities and products in next-generation military, intelligence, and space operations, specifically in cyber, electronic warfare, and information dominance. Black Horse’s technology is shaping the future of information dominance and converged military operations by unifying cyber, electromagnetic warfare, and information operations for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers. The company also provides autonomous and distributed detection, identification, exploitation and the defeat of today’s most complex communications. • Echo Ridge LLC: Acquired on July 30, 2021 at a purchase price of $9 million. Echo Ridge adds position, navigation, and timing devices; modeling simulation, test and measurement tools; and deployable software defined radio products and signal processing services to Parsons’ space portfolio. • Braxton Science and Technology Group, LLC: Acquired in November 2020 at a purchase price of $310.9 million ($267 million less the tax asset), Braxton operates at the forefront of satellite operations, ground automation, flight dynamics, and spacecraft antenna simulation for the U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. These capabilities position Parsons to capitalize on the quickly evolving space missions of its national security space customers and address rapid market growth driven by proliferated low earth orbit constellations, small satellite expansion and space cyber resiliency. • QRC® Technologies: Acquired in 2019 at a purchase price of $214.1 million, QRC® Technologies is a disruptive product company that provides design and development of open-architecture radio-frequency products. • OGSystems: Acquired in 2019 at a purchase price of $292.4 million, OGSystems is a disruptive geo-intelligence solutions and immersive engineering provider that creates technology solutions for the United States intelligence community and the U.S. Department of Defense. OGSystems’ VIPER Labs and Immersive Engineering techniques serve as the catalysts for deployment of geospatial systems and software, embedded system threat analytics and cloud engineering solutions. OGSystems’ advanced hardware solutions include 10 the PeARL family of sensors, combining industry-leading camera and optic lens technologies with our software solutions, yielding very high resolution 2D and 3D aerial imagery. • Polaris Alpha : Acquired in 2018 at a purchase price of $489.1 million, Polaris Alpha is an advanced, technology-focused provider of innovative mission solutions for national security, intelligence, defense and other U.S. federal customers. With leading technologies in artificial intelligence/machine learning, cloud computing, command and control and data analytics, Polaris Alpha has long-term customer relationships and is known as a technology disruptor. • Williams Electric . Acquired in 2017 for a purchase price of $26.4 million. Williams Electric provides industrial control system security, including utility monitoring systems and electronic support systems for customers, including the Army Corps of Engineers and the Smithsonian Institute. We maintain a robust acquisition pipeline and are continually evaluating potential opportunities for disciplined growth by acquisition to further transform our business. Our Strategy for Growth Our growth strategy is to create the future of national security and critical infrastructure, while moving up the value chain as a solutions integrator and software provider. The future is full of possibility, and the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets are where we can collectively shape what tomorrow will look like. Our goal is to help create a safer, healthier, more sustainable, more connected and more secure world. In a complex security environment with adversaries challenging on every domain and an economy driven by digital transformation, Parsons leverages innovative technologies to deliver integrated solutions at the speed of relevance. Our global integrated solutions span all domains (sea, land, air, space and cyberspace), ensuring information dominance and smart, sustainable infrastructure. To create the future, we focus on people-first, “get-to-yes” and having top positions in high-growth, sustainable markets. These include hiring, retaining, and developing our employees, continually enhancing and optimizing our core business processes, resourcing and capitalizing on our high-growth markets and acquiring and integrating companies that possess transformative and disruptive technologies. People First Driven by a high-purpose culture, we recognize that our people are key to our operating model to develop and deliver the technology to support our customers’ critical missions. We are committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce by having a: • Culture of employee engagement at all organizational levels • Work environment that promotes training, mentoring, and career development planning • Differentiated benefits, including flexible work hours, remote work options, and an employee stock ownership plan • Dual technical career path that leads to positions as Chief Technology Officer and/or Technical Fellow • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program that is driven by employee enterprise business groups • “Parsons Gives Back” program to support our communities and promote volunteering • Hiring strategy outside of high-employment zones • Robust university relations and intern program to help shape the next generation of leaders and promote diversity • Internal mobility program that rotates people from one business unit or segment to another “Get to Yes” 11 By “getting to yes”, we enable the delivery of agile, innovative, and transformative solutions to our customers. We seek to enhanc e and optimiz e our core business and improv e our financial performance, including revenue growth, margin expansion and positive cash flow, using the following strategies: • Developing a company-wide agile framework to enable responsive solutions delivery • Promoting collaboration and cross-company sharing to drive informed, timely decision making • Aligning goals through shared one-company objectives • Leveraging digital transformation to improve our internal processes and deliver an improved customer experience • Cross-selling new solutions to our existing customers and existing solutions to new customers. • Promoting a culture that enables employees to drive technology and business model innovation • Streamlining operations and processes to optimize performance delivery and reduce overhead expenditures • Rigorously managing our working capital to maximize cash flow • Committing to Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) improvement for both Parsons and our customers Top Positions in High-Growth, Sustainable Markets We have a balanced portfolio between national security and critical infrastructure and diverse range of end markets. We recognize the importance of driving business focus and will resource/invest in areas where we believe Parsons can have a top position in markets that are high-growth, profitable, and enduring. These include cybersecurity, C5ISR, space, missile defense, transportation, environmental remediation, and water/wastewater treatment. We utilize the following strategies, among others, towards achieving this goal: • We continuously evaluate and shape our portfolio to divest, exit and de-emphasize lower-performing businesses and markets. • We invest in critical, differentiated technology areas, including remote sensing, joint all domain operations, space operations, cybersecurity, data analytics, command and control, environmental remediation and smart mobility. • We seek continuous expansion in our focused high-growth markets: o Cybersecurity – Continue our growth momentum by offering end-to-end solutions, tools, operations and platforms for our U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers. o Space - Extend our space situational awareness, small satellite integration and payload, command and control and enterprise ground systems to our current space customers and to new space and geospatial customers in the government and commercial space markets. o C5ISR – Move up the value chain to a large-scale integrator of C5ISR systems and diversify our customer base. o Missile Defense – Support our customer’s integrated air and missile defense strategy and deployment. Provide thought leadership in evolving areas, including hypersonic defense. o Transportation – Capitalize on the increased funding in the IIJA and increased global transportation and infrastructure spending to further our roads and highways, bridges, rail and transit, and aviation business. Capitalize on broadband and environmental spend in areas where Parsons is differentiated. Leverage technology to drive smart, sustainable infrastructure. 12 o Environmental remediation – Leverage our specialized skill and experience with respect to re mediating mines and oil wells and eliminating emerging contaminants. o Water/wastewater treatment – Apply our design capabilities and innovative technologies to modernize, upgrade and create new water/wastewater treatment systems. Mergers and Acquisitions We continue to pursue the acquisition and integration of high growth, technology driven companies which meet the following criteria: • Financial performance goals: >10% top line growth, >10% Adjusted EBITDA margin, and strong cash flow • Align to our focused markets • Technology differentiation: fill technology gaps, drive end-to-end solutions, move up the value chain, scale within and across our businesses and add valuable intellectual property rights Our objective is to continue to transform our business into an integrated, full life-cycle systems integrator that delivers scalable solutions and drives revenue growth, expanded margins, and strong cash flows. Backlog We view growth in total backlog as a key measure of our business growth. We define backlog to include the following two components: • Funded—Funded backlog represents the revenue value of orders for services under existing contracts for which funding is appropriated or otherwise authorized less revenue previously recognized on these contracts. • Unfunded—Unfunded backlog represents the revenue value of orders for services under existing contracts for which funding has not been appropriated or otherwise authorized less revenue previously recognized on these contracts. Backlog includes (i) unissued task orders and unexercised option years, to the extent their issuance or exercise is probable, as well as (ii) contract awards, to the extent we believe contract execution and funding is probable. Our backlog includes orders under contracts that can extend for several years, and in some cases, contracts that extend for more than 10 to 15 years. For example, the U.S. Congress generally appropriates funds for our U.S. federal government customers on a yearly basis, even though their contracts with us may call for performance that is expected to take a number of years to complete. As a result, our federal contracts typically are only partially funded at any point during their term. All or some of the work to be performed under the contracts may remain unfunded unless and until the U.S. Congress makes subsequent appropriations and the procuring agency allocates funding to the contract. As of December 31, 2021, our total backlog was approximately $8.3 billion, consisting of $4.3 billion of funded backlog and $4.0 billion of unfunded backlog. We expect to recognize $2.9 billion of our funded backlog as of December 31, 2021 as revenues in the following twelve months. However, our government customers may cancel their contracts with us at any time through a termination for convenience or may elect to not exercise option periods under such contracts. In the case of a termination for convenience, we would not receive anticipated future revenues, but would generally be permitted to recover all or a portion of our incurred costs and fees for work performed. Competition 13 The industries we operate in consist of a large number of enterprises ranging from small, niche-oriented companies to multi-billion-dollar corporations that serve many government al and commercial customers. We compete on the basis of our technical expertise, technological innovation, our ability to deliver cost-effective multi-faceted services in a timely manner, our reputation and relationships with our customers, qualified and/or security-clearance personnel, and pricing. Our main competitors in Federal Solutions are U.S. federal systems integrators and service providers such as Booz Allen Hamilton, CACI International Inc, Leidos Holdings, Inc., ManTech International Corporation, Science Applications International Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Per aton , and Raytheon Technologies . Our main competitors in Critical Infrastructure include AECOM, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. , Stantec, Tetra Tech, Inc., and WSP, as well as Kapsch and Opus in the Connected Communities market. Seasonality Our results may be affected by variances as a result of weather conditions and contract award seasonality impacts that we experience across our businesses. The latter issue is typically driven by the U.S. federal government fiscal year-end, September 30. While not certain, it is not uncommon for U.S. government agencies to award task orders or complete other contract actions in the weeks before the end of the U.S. federal government fiscal year in order to avoid the loss of unexpended U.S. federal government fiscal year funds. Furthermore, many U.S. state governments with fiscal years ending on June 30 tend to accelerate spending during their first quarter, when new funding becomes available. We may continue to experience this seasonality in future periods, and our results of operations may be affected by it. Human Capital Management We are committed to enhancing our position as a leading employer in our industry. Our culture and reputation as a leading provider of technology-driven solutions in the defense, intelligence and critical infrastructure markets enables us to recruit and retain some of the best available talent across the globe. We believe that we are stronger and smarter when we work together and celebrate our diverse backgrounds. We believe in doing right by the communities we serve, and we have policies prohibiting discrimination (age, race or ethnicity, gender/gender identity, religion, sexual orientation or disability), child labor and human trafficking. We believe that Parsons is the place for our diverse employees to make a difference. In 2021, we set a goal to enhance our gender diversity in the North America workforce and to enhance ethnic diversity in the U.S. workforce. We increased our diversity representation in the U.S. by 1.8% and continue to make progress for our female representation across Parsons. This improvement was largely attributed to strong hiring in 2021 globally and lower overall attrition. A high level of engagement among employees is reflected in our 2021 culture and engagement scores, which had over 40% participation and reflected significant improvements gained in survey areas such as overall employee satisfaction and collaboration among teams to achieve company goals and strong engagement scores with regard to managers supporting growth and development of employees, fostering a collaborative team environment where information and ideas are shared, and accountability from managers for high performance. Our principal asset is our team of diverse employees. A large percentage of our employees have technical and professional backgrounds and undergraduate and/or advanced degrees, with our employees holding more than 17,000 degrees and professional credentials, including registrations and certifications in technical areas such as Agile Methodology, Project Management, Engineering, Architecture, Green Building/Sustainability, Technology, and Security as of December 31, 2021. Approximately 21% of our employees, including 57% of the employees in our Federal Solutions business segment, hold security clearances as of that date. Of those holding such clearances in Federal Solutions, approximately 63% are Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information Level clearances, which often require the completion of a polygraph. 14 In 202 1 , we focused on retain ing and develop ing our employees on highly sought-after key programs as part of the knitting of our success . Such programs include the mentoring program , Parsons Distinguished Recognition and Incentive Program (DRIVE) , and the Parsons’ Fellows Program. Mentoring: The Parsons mentoring program allows employees to cultivate skills, seek guidance and share professional experiences. The program is open to all employees at all levels worldwide and is voluntary. The program launched in 2020 is designed to: • Increase a sense of connection, engagement and retention of key diverse talent • Sustain promotion and retention rates of diverse leadership talent • Expand networks and enhance career development opportunities In 2021, Parsons recognized a 12.5% increase over 2020 mentor/mentee parings and increased the number of vice presidents participating in the program by 60% as compared to 2020 participation. Recognition: Understanding recognition at all levels is key to management and retention. We expanded Parsons Distinguished Recognition and Incentive (DRIVE) Program that celebrates employees who go above and beyond their work. Launched in 2019, the program now has eight different award levels and is designed to reward employees who have made exceptional contributions to a program or project, or who have provided outstanding leadership or support to their teams, our clients, or our company as a whole, and serves to reinforce our commitment to our core values. Over 4,500 awards were issued to employees in 2021, representing a nearly 33% increase over 2020 and the program continues to grow. The DRIVE Program is open to all employees at all levels worldwide Development: The Parsons’ Fellows Program recognizes our top technical experts and promotes innovation in solving our customers’ most difficult technical challenges. It is a collaborative network of over forty selected motivated and passionate subject matter experts working to solve technical challenges through either strategic research and development or through the development of long-term technical policies and best practices. The program defines its success through engagement, mentorship, and retention. Every benefit that collaboration among the Fellows offers is expressed by the idea that the individual is brilliant, but a group of brilliant individuals acting as one can be more powerful and enable Parsons to accomplish even more in our quest to deliver a better world. In addition to the Fellows Program, Parsons has a wealth of training and development opportunities that cover topics such as ethics and integrity, safety, inclusion and diversity, information security, program management, agile methodology and more. Inclusion Inspires Innovation Embracing inclusion, diversity and equality in all aspects of our business is fundamental to our corporate culture and vital to our continued growth and success. Our employees work across 25 countries and collectively speak over 80 languages. Diversity is one of our core values, and we pursue it in our workforce, our markets, our suppliers, and our services because we recognize that optimum solutions require different backgrounds, new perspectives, and open minds. We leverage diversity and equality through the inclusion of employees, empowering them to shape the future of the corporation through collaboration and innovation. In 2017, we launched our Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) Task Force with executive sponsorship from the Board, our CEO, our President and COO, and our Chief Human Resources Officer. The task force’s objectives are to support the attraction, inclusion, promotion, development, and retention of talent. In 2021, we changed the name from Inclusion and Diversity to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), adding equity to the name to ensure we also have a focus on the fair treatment of all employees. The overall DEI Council consists of 44 diverse members serving as committee members, ambassadors and employee business resource group leaders throughout the organization, who demonstrate leadership and infuse their passion for inclusion, equity and diversity into our corporate culture and engage all employees 15 through ongoing awareness communications and training, activities , and events . Within the task force, subcommittees support the development and implementation of initiatives identified by the Board , the Executive Leadership Team and employee business resource groups that continue to advance our inclusion and diversity objectives. The task force has the following subcommittees: • Metrics – Measure the success of inclusion and diversity • Mentoring/Training – Drive improved awareness and engagement • Ambassadors – Bring inclusion and diversity to the local level to create inclusion and diversity awareness • Communications – Promote inclusion and diversity awareness through messaging and celebration • Executive/Intern Diversity – Drive improved diversity at the intern and executive levels • Policy Review – Improve inclusion and diversity through policy change • Social Justice and Equality – Advance social justice and equality inside and outside of Parsons • Military and Veterans Affairs – Attract veterans and cultivate their careers and success • Pride Alliance – Advocate for the LGBTQ+ With recent social justice and equality awakening, we launched seven new Employee Business Resource Groups (EBRG): Asian American/Pacific Islander; Black; HOLA-Hispanic Origin and Latino Association; Middle Eastern/North African; MilVet; Parsons Pride Alliance; and Parsons Women’s Roundtable. Through our Listen Learn Action campaign launched in 2020, we continue to drive an action plan that holds us accountable to doing more to increase the representation of historically underrepresented groups within our global workforce, and we are committed to taking action and ensuring Parsons is, and remains, an employer of choice. Employee Stock Ownership Plan At December 31, 2021, approximately 6,300 of our employees participated in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Thus, our employees own approximately 40% of the total outstanding shares in the ESOP. In December 2020, the board of directors approved an amendment to the ESOP to provide greater diversification rights to participants. The amendment provides that, with respect to all diversifications elected or processed after January 1, 2021, the definition of a qualified participant shall mean a participant who has attained the age of 50 and who has completed at least three years of participation in the ESOP and other criteria. Each qualified participant shall generally be permitted to direct the ESOP as to the diversification of 50% of the value of the eligible vested portion of the participant’s ESOP account. Further, in January 2021, the board of directors approved an amendment to the ESOP whereby distributions to participants in the Plan were modified as follows: (1) the threshold amount of an ESOP participant’s balance to be eligible for a single lump sum distribution was increased from $20,000 or less to $500,000 or less; (2) the threshold balance for a participant to be eligible to receive payment in two annual installments was increased from $40,000 or less to $750,000 or less; and (3) the threshold balance for a participant to be eligible to receive payment in three annual installments was increased to greater than $750,000. This change was made to facilitate greater flexibility for certain eligible participants to receive their balances in fewer installments and to accelerate the increase in publicly traded float for the Company’s common stock. Employee Stock Purchase Plan At the 2020 Annual Meeting of Parsons’ Shareholders, the shareholders approved the implementation of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). The ESPP provides an opportunity for eligible employees (as defined in the ESPP) to purchase Parsons’ stock. By participating in the ESPP, an eligible employee may purchase Parsons’ shares at a 5% discount from the New York Stock Exchange closing price at the end date for each offering period (June 30 th and December 31 st of each year). In 2021, the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Parsons’ Board of Directors approved a special three-month offering period for eligible employees of BlackHorse Solutions and its 16 eligible subsidiary companies. During 202 1 and 202 0 , our employees purchased approximately 161,000 and 127,000 shares, respectively, of Parsons’ stock. Stock Repurchase Plan On August 9, 2021, the board of directors authorized Parsons Corporation to acquire a number of shares of common stock having an aggregate market value of not greater than $100,000,000 from time to time, commencing on August 12, 2021. The Board authorized management to execute any agreements providing for the repurchase of the Company’s stock, subject to such conditions, on behalf of the company in such lots, blocks or other amounts, from such persons or entities, from such sources, on the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, on such terms and conditions, from time to time, in accordance with applicable federal and state regulations. As of December 31, 2021, the company had repurchased 618,533 shares of common stock at an average price per share of $35.06 for a total amount of $21.7 million. Intellectual Property Our intellectual property portfolio consists of issued and pending patents as well as trademarks for many of our technologies. In addition, we maintain a number of trade secrets that we endeavor to protect to ensure their continuing availability to us. Our technical expertise is vital to our growth strategy, and we believe they are a core competitive advantage. We have 35 registered patents and 22 pending patents in the United States and 12 pending patents internationally. We have 85 trademarks and 7 pending trademark applications in the United States, and 126 trademarks and 30 pending trademark applications internationally. We also currently offer 25 products for sale to our global customers. We rely upon a combination of nondisclosure agreements and other contractual arrangements, as well as copyright, trademark, patent, and trade secret laws to protect our proprietary information. We also enter into proprietary information and intellectual property agreements with employees, which require them to disclose any inventions created during employment, to convey such rights to inventions to us and to restrict any disclosure of proprietary information. While protecting trade secrets and proprietary information is important, we are not materially dependent on maintenance of any specific trade secret or group of trade secrets. During the normal course of business, we perform research and development and technology consulting services and related products in support of our customers. Typically, these services do not depend on patent protection. In accordance with applicable law, our government contracts often provide government agencies certain license rights to our inventions, copyrights, and other intellectual property. Government agencies may in turn sublicense to other contractors (including our competitors) the right to utilize our intellectual property. In addition, in the case of our work as a subcontractor, our prime contractor may also have certain rights to data, information and products we develop under the subcontract. At the same time, our government contracts often license to us patents, copyrights and other intellectual property owned by third parties. Regulation Our business is impacted by government procurement, anti-bribery, international trade, environmental, health and safety and other regulations and requirements. Below is a summary of some of the significant regulations that impact our business. Government Procurement . The services we provide to the U.S. Government are subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation, or FAR, the Truthful Cost and Pricing Data Act, Cost Accounting Standards, or CAS, the Services Contract Act, the False Claims Act, export controls rules and U.S. Department of Defense security regulations, as well as government agency policies and many other laws and regulations. These laws and regulations affect how we transact business with our clients and, in some instances, impose additional costs on our business operations. A violation of specific laws and regulations 17 could lead to fines, contract termination or suspension of future contracts. Generally, our government clients can also terminate, renegotiate, or modify any of their contracts with us at their convenience, and many of our government contracts are subject to renewal or extension annually. In 2019, the U.S. Department of Defense announced the development of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) as a framework to assess and enhance the cybersecurity posture of the Defense Industrial Base (“DIB”), particularly as it relates to controlled unclassified information within the supply chain. CMMC is designed to ensure that contractors providing services to the U.S. Department of Defense have implemented cybersecurity controls and processes to adequately protect information that resides on DIB systems and networks. The U.S. Department of Defense issued an interim rule on September 29, 2020 to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to include one new provision and two new contract clauses. It became effective on November 30, 2020. We collaborated with other companies to provide feedback following the 60-day public comment period. In December 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense identified seven approved pilots of the expected fifteen for fiscal year 2021 that are new Requests for Proposals which will be incorporated into CMMC requirements. All offerors are expected to undergo appropriate third-party CMMC assessment and achieve certification of Level 3 and below at the time of contract award. We are currently in compliance and are preparing for future certification and assessments. Anti-Bribery and other regulations. We are subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar anti-bribery laws, which generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to foreign government officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. The U.K. Bribery Act of 2010 prohibits both domestic and international bribery, as well as bribery across both private and public sectors. In addition, an organization that “fails to prevent bribery” committed by anyone associated with the organization can be charged under the U.K. Bribery Act unless the organization can establish the defense of having implemented “adequate procedures” to prevent bribery. International Trade . We are subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR, and the Export Administration Regulations, or EAR, as well as U.S. economic and trade sanctions, including those administered and enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC. To the extent we export items and provide services outside of the United States (or to certain parties in the United States), we must do so in compliance with these laws and regulations. These laws and regulations impose export licensing requirements, and we may not be successful in obtaining necessary licenses and other authorizations. Further, these laws and regulations restrict our ability to export items or provide services to certain countries and certain persons, including those that are the target of OFAC sanctions. Noncompliance with these or similar laws could lead to government investigations, penalties, reputational harm, and other negative consequences, and thereby could adversely affect our business and financial condition. Further, any change in these laws and regulations, or any shift in the approach to their enforcement or scope, or change to the countries, persons, or items targeted by such regulations, could potentially result in our decreased ability to export or sell items or services to existing or potential customers. Environmental, Health and Safety. We are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to environmental, health and safety matters, including, among other things, the handling, transport and disposal of regulated substances and wastes, including hazardous and radioactive materials; contamination by regulated substances and wastes; the types, quantities and concentration of materials that can be released into the environment; the acquisition of a permit or other approval before conducting regulated activities; the maintenance of information about hazardous materials used or produced in operations and provision of such information to employees, state and local government authorities and the public; and employee health and safety. Our previous ownership and current and previous operation of real property may subject us to liability pursuant to these laws or regulations. Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or CERCLA, and related state laws, certain persons may be liable at sites where or from a release or threatened release of hazardous substances has occurred or is threatened. These persons can include the current owner or operator of property where a release or threatened release occurred, any persons who owned or operated the property when the release occurred, and any persons who disposed of, or arranged for the 18 transportation or disposal of, hazardous substances at a contaminated property. Liability under CERCLA is strict, retroactive and, under certain circumstances, joint and several, so that any responsible party may be held liable for the entire cost of investigating and remediating the release of hazardous substances. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or RCRA, regulates the generation, treatment, storage, handling, transportation and disposal of solid waste and requires states to develop programs to ensure the safe disposal of solid waste. Under RCRA, persons may be liable at sites where the past or present storage, handling, treatment, transportation, or disposal of any solid or hazardous waste may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment. These persons can include the current owner or operator of property where disposal occurred, any persons who owned or operated the property when the disposal occurred, and any persons who disposed of, or arranged for the transportation or disposal of, hazardous substances at a contaminated property. Liability under RCRA is strict and, under certain circumstances, joint and several, so that any responsible party may be held liable for the entire cost of investigating and remediating the release of hazardous substances. Violations and liabilities with respect to environmental, health and safety laws and regulations could result in significant administrative, civil, or criminal penalties, remedial clean-ups, natural resource damages, permit modifications or revocations, operational interruptions or shutdowns and other liabilities. Additionally, Congress, state legislatures, local governing bodies and federal and state agencies frequently revise environmental laws and regulations, and any changes could result in more stringent or costly requirements for our operations. Our costs related to complying with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations have not been material in the past and are not currently material to our total operating costs or cash flows. However, if we have any violations of, or incur liabilities pursuant to these laws or regulations in the future, our financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected. In addition, in the unlikely event that we are required to fund remediation of a contaminated site, the statutory framework might allow us to pursue rights of contribution from other potentially responsible parties. We maintain a compliance program designed to ensure compliance with the various regulations and requirements applicable to us. The compliance program, managed by our Chief Ethics and Compliance Counsel and overseen by our Chief Compliance Officer, includes an annual audit of performance with respect to our codes of ethics and business conduct and the adequacy of our compliance program, among other initiatives. Executive Order 14042 and OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). In September 2021, President Joseph R. Biden issued Executive Order 14042 requiring federal government contractors to ensure that their employees are vaccinated, subject to certain medical or religious exceptions. Further, the Occupational Safety and Health Authority published an ETS on vaccination and testing on November 5, 2021 requiring companies with more than 100 employees to ensure that their employees are vaccinated or require unvaccinated employees to get a negative COVID test at least once per week. However, based upon a decision by the United States Supreme Court staying enforcement of the OSHA ETS, OSHA withdrew the ETS on January 24, 2022. The enforcement of Executive Order 14042 was preliminarily enjoined by an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. The preliminary injunction currently remains in effect. Parsons Corporation is closely following the legal status of Executive Order 14042 and has implemented plans to ensure compliance with both based upon the final legal determinations. Executive Officers Carey A. Smith was appointed Chairwoman of the Board of Directors on January 18, 2022, effective April 14, 2022. She became the President and Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2021 and was appointed to the board of directors in December 2020. She was initially appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer in November 2019, Chief Operating Officer in November 2018 and led Parsons’ Federal Solutions business from November 2016. Before joining Parsons, Ms. Smith served in progressive leadership roles at Honeywell International Inc. (“Honeywell”) from 2011 to 2016, including President of the Defense and Space business unit. In total, Ms. Smith has 36 years of industry experience spanning the defense, intelligence and infrastructure markets. Ms. Smith serves on the Edison International board of directors, including on the Nominating and Governance and Safety and Operations Committees. She 19 serves on three non-profit company boards, as the Chairwoman of the Professional Services Council, INSA (Intelligence and National Security Alliance) and the USGIF (United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation) working with government, industry and academia to promote national security, and she is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Cyber Certified . Ms. Smith received a n honorary doctorate degree from Ohio North ern University, a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University and a bachelor - of - science in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University. Ms. Smith was selected to serve on our board of directors because of the perspective and experience that she brings as our CEO and due to her significant industry and operations experience. Charles L. Harrington was appointed Executive Chairman of our board of directors effective July 1, 2021 following his service as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors since 2008 and as President of Parsons Corporation from 2009-20019. He also previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and as a founding President of one of our business units. Mr. Harrington also serves on the board of directors of Constellation Energy, where he serves on the corporate governance and nuclear oversight committees; JBT Corporation, where he serves on the audit committee; and the J.G. Boswell Company, where he chairs the compensation committee and serves on the audit committee. Further, he serves on several non-profit boards of directors, including the California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo Foundation board of directors. Mr. Harrington received a Bachelor of Science in engineering from California Polytechnic State University and a masters-of-business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management. Mr. Harrington was selected to serve on our board of directors because of the perspective and experience he brings as our Executive Chair, as well as his operations and finance industry experience. George L. Ball was appointed our Chief Financial Officer in May 2008. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Financial Systems and Control, of Parsons Corporation from March 2007 to May 2008 and Vice President, Finance, of Parsons Development Company from October 2004 to February 2008. Since joining us in 1995, he has served in various capacities including Corporate Controller and International Division Manager of the Infrastructure & Technology Group. Mr. Ball has more than 37 years of experience in finance and accounting roles for both public and private companies. In addition to his responsibilities with us, he serves on the board of directors, executive committee, compensation committee, affiliate transactions committee and chairs the audit committee and the routine transactions committee of Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. Mr. Ball is also a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship Certified. Mr. Ball is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Michael R. Kolloway was appointed General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Parsons Corporation in October 2017 and later became our Chief Legal Officer in January 2019. Before assuming the role of General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Mr. Kolloway served as Deputy General Counsel – Americas from March 2016 through October 2017. Before joining Parsons, Mr. Kolloway served as Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for Operations and Risk Management at AECOM Technology Corporation, a publicly traded company. Prior to his tenure at AECOM, Mr. Kolloway was a partner in the Chicago law firm of Rock, Fusco & Garvey, Ltd and a member of the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Kolloway received his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Norbert College, his Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois College of Law and completed the General Counsel Program at the Harvard University School of Law. Mr. Kolloway served on the Board of Directors for MUSE/IQUE based in Pasadena, California. He is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and the In-House Mentorship Committee for the Charlotte Chapter. Available Information We file annual, quarterly, and current reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 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